Engineering & Maintenance Leader: Drive Site Reliability

Novonesis; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Wellness time

Parental leave

Job summary

Novonesis is seeking an Engineering and Maintenance Manager to lead site maintenance and engineering, ensuring reliable production and quality across operations. You will drive continuous improvement, manage capital projects, and guide asset reliability while collaborating with global teams.

This role focuses on safety, regulatory compliance, and manufacturing excellence, with opportunities to mentor teams and implement new technologies within Milwaukee facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Significant experience in engineering, maintenance, manufacturing, or industrial operations leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and cross-functional projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance systems, asset reliability, and CMMS platforms.
• Experience managing budgets, capital investments, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Knowledge of manufacturing quality systems and regulatory requirements.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication and leadership capabilities.
• Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Leading and developing maintenance and engineering teams across site resources.
• Ensuring reliable operation and maintenance of production, warehouse, laboratory, and utility systems.
• Driving continuous improvement of maintenance programs, including preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Managing capital projects, equipment installations, process improvements, and technology implementation initiatives.
• Promoting manufacturing excellence, safety, quality, and operational performance.
• Overseeing CMMS systems, spare parts inventory, asset care programs, and equipment reliability initiatives.
• Supporting manufacturing performance through OEE improvement, breakdown response, and root cause analysis.
• Recruiting, developing, coaching, and retaining engineering and maintenance talent.
• Collaborating with global engineering and site stakeholders on new technologies, validations, and commissioning activities.

Skills

Leadership

People development

Maintenance management

Project management

CMMS

Regulatory compliance

OEE optimization

Industrial operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS platforms

Job description

Novonesis is seeking an Engineering and Maintenance Manager to lead site maintenance and engineering, ensuring reliable production and quality across operations. You will drive continuous improvement, manage capital projects, and guide asset reliability while collaborating with global teams.

This role focuses on safety, regulatory compliance, and manufacturing excellence, with opportunities to mentor teams and implement new technologies within Milwaukee facilities.